Hillary Plays the Race Card - Sort of

You knew it had to happen sooner or later.Race is the 800 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to American politics. Few talk about it. And using it as a weapon in a campaign went out with George Wallace.But you had to know that if there were a way to raise the issue and get people thinking about it, the Clintons would find a way. Hence, the last 48 hours have seen several elliptical references to race by Clinton surrogates as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton themselves which serve the purpose of reminding people just who it is that opposes Hillary - and what color he is:Clinton, on defense over comments that she and her husband made regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and Obama's fitness for the White House, tried to turn the tables on her top primary rival. She accused his campaign of looking to score political points by distorting their words. Hillary Clinton had said King's dream of racial equality was realized only when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights...(Read Full Post)